Plumbing fixture



Feb, 25, 1936. J. TJAARDA PLUMBING FIXTURE Filed April, 9, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet l I IN N'FBR 04 TM Feb. 25, 1936. J. TJAARDA PLUMBING FIXTURE Filed April 9, 1954 2 SheetsSheet 2 Patented Feb. 25, 1936 I I v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,031,679 PLUMBING FIXTURE John Tjaarda, Birmingham, Mich., assignor to Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of Michigan Application April 9, 1934, Serial No. 719,657 13 Claims. (Cl. 137111) My invention relates to plumbing fixtures, and splash board in any convenient and desirable more particularly to an improved fixture adapted. manner. In the present instance it is shown as for use in connection with hot and cold water being mounted on the hot and cold water inlet outlets of sinks, tubs, washstands, etc. The presor supply pipes D and E, respectively, which proent fixture may be in the form of a sheet metal ject through openings in the back B. 5 stamping and provided with any desired finish, The hot water supply pipe D is connected with such as chromium, nickel, porcelain enamel, lacan L or conduit I0 and the cold water supply quer, or the like. pipe E to a similar L or conduit II, these two One of the objects of the invention is to provide conduits leading to and being connected with an an improved fixture for hot and cold water outoscillatable head I2 carried by the inner end of 10 lets which is of relatively simple, yet durable cona movable spout or nozzle I3. The flow of hot struction, capable of being manufactured at a Water to the head I2 is controlled by a valve I4 relatively low cost from sheet metal stampings, located in the L I0 and actuated by a handle I5. and which can be installed quickly and easily. The flow of cold water from the pipe E to the A further object of the invention is to provide head I2 is controlled by a similar valve I6 located 15 a fixture of the foregoing character which, while in the L I I and operated by a handle I1. Thus permitting ready access to the valve parts and the spout or nozzle I3 is capable of delivering easy manipulation thereof, has the advantage of either hot or cold water or a mixture thereof.

providing a unitary and desirable enclosure there- The plumbing fixture includes a body portion or for, whereby pipe connections and faucet parts casing, shown as a whole at 20, which is provided 20 are substantially entirely concealed. with a bottom wall 2 I, a front wall 22 and prefer- Other objects and advantages of the invention ably curved end walls 23. The front wall 22 adwill appear from the following description and jacent its upper edge has a longitudinally extendappended claims when considered in connection ing projection or overhanging portion 220. which 25 with the accompanying drawings forming a part extends forwardly beyond the lower wall portion 25 of this specification. 22. The end walls 23 have extensions 230. which,

Insaid drawings: in the present instance, are bent inwardly at Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one appliright angles with respect to the end walls, as cation of my plumbing fixture to a sink or stashown by Figs. 2, 4 and 5 and which may be tionary wash basin. welded at their lower edges to the base 2|. The 30 Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device of Fig. 1. xtensi s 3a p v d rigid m n flan es r Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the fixture. rs, having holes Openings 3! formed Fig. 4 is a transverse section, taken substantherein, through which the hot and cold water tially along the line 44 of Fig. 2; and p p D and E p The fixture may thus be Fig. 5 is a perspective view, partly broken away, pp if r d, 0n the pipes D and E and 35 of the casing and cover with the parts separated. may b clamped the Splash board by eans of Before explaining in detail the present invennuts Illa. The body portion or casing 20 is preftion it is to be understood that the invention is a y formed from a Sheet metal t ps a d not limited in its application to the details of portions of the front and end walls are bent in- 40 construction and. arrangement of parts illustraty at their ppe dges providing a series 40 ed in the accompanying drawings, since the in- Of W y ned flanges 25, which are sepvention is capable of other embodiments and of arated by upstanding Portions 25 0f the walls. being practiced or carried out in various ways. The b portion Casing is p bly pro- Also it is to be understood that the phraseology vided with a removable top wall or cover which,

or terminology employed herein is for the purif desired, may have a centrally disposed de- 45 pose of description and not of limitation, and it is p si 3| formed therein to provide a oap dish not intended to limit the invention claimed here,- receptable. The l r v r is shaped to conin beyond the requirements of the prior art. ferm t0 the contour of the c ng and is held in In the drawings there is illustrated, by way of pl thereon y ui l s rews 32, the heads of 5 example, one form of fixture embodying the inwhich are countersunk in the material of the vention which is herein shown as applied to the cover. These screws, as shown, e ge bracket upright back panel or splash board of a sink. members 33secured to the base or bottom of the The sink is shown as a whole at A, the splash casing, though it will be understood that the cover board at B, and the plumbing fixture at C. The may e h in place in ny ther convenient fixture may be secured to or mounted upon the. manner. It will be seen that when the cover isv 55 in place, a plurality of aligned slots or openings are provided between the upper edge of the front and end walls of the casing and the cover, there being a central opening 34 in the front wall of the fixture and openings 35 in the end walls thereof, these several openings or slots being ar ranged preferably in alignment and in the same plane. When the parts are assembled, the swinging spout 13 projects through the slot 34, and the hot and cold Water valve actuating handles l and IT project through the slots 35 at opposite ends of the fixture, all of these members being arranged in and capable of swinging or moving in substantially the same plane. The slot 34 permits the spout l3 to be swung so that it can be moved into various positions (Fig. '2) which is particularly convenient for supplying water at different locations in the sink or other structure to which the fixture is applied.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a plumbing fixture which serves to completely conceal the water conduits and valve structures and, while having the appearance of a solid or one-piece structure, is provided with a removable cover permitting access to the working parts for adjustment, repair or replacement. Moreover,

it will be seen that I have provided a fixture which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture, of simple construction, and which has all of the advantages of strength, durability and appearance of previous more costly fixtures.

While I have shown one means for supporting the fixture upon a sink splash board, it will be understood that the fixture is capable of being installed or applied in various other ways. For

' example, while I have shown it supported upon a vertical member, it is entirely possible to attach it by means of its bottom wall, thus adapting it for use with a construction in which the water supply pipes are positioned upright, rather than horizontally, as shown in the single application illustrated in the drawings.

I claim:

1. A plumbing fixture comprising a casing adapted to enclose a faucet, said casing having spaced elongated horizontal openings in a. wall or walls thereof, valve controlling arms and a discharge spout projecting outwardly through said openings and mounted for independent horizontal swinging movement.

2. A plumbing fixture comprising a. casing, a. removable cover for said casing, hot and cold water conduits within the casing, valves for controlling said conduits, pivoted handles extending through the casing adjacent the ends thereof for operating said valves, and a common discharge spout supplied by said conduits and projecting from the front of said casing, said spout and handles being located to swing horizontally.

3. A plumbling fixture comprising a casing having slots formed in its front and end walls, hot and cold water conduits located within said casing, valves for controlling said conduits, valve actuating handles associated with said valves and projecting through the slots in the end walls of the casing, and a common discharge nozzle sup plied by both of said conduits and projecting through the slot formed in said front wall, said nozzle and said handles being mounted for swinging movement relatively to one another and to said casing.

4. In a plumbing fixture, a casing, a removable cover therefor, hot and cold water conduits withing said casing, valves for controlling said conduits, a common discharge spout supplied by said conduits and projecting through and beyond the front wall of said casing, and swinging handles projecting through the end walls of said casing for operating said valves.

5. In a plumbing fixture, a casing having slots formed in its front and end walls, hot and cold water conduits within said casing, valves for controlling the conduits, a movable common discharge spout supplied by said conduits and projecting through one of said slots, and handles projecting through the other slots and movable in substantially the same plane as said spout for operating said valves.

6. In a plumbing fixture, a casing having slots formed in its walls, hot and cold water outlets located within said casing, valves for controlling the outlets, a common discharge spout connected to said outlets, and handles for operating said valves, said spout and said handles projecting through said casing slots and being mounted to swing in substantially the same plane.

7. In a plumbing fixture, a casing having enclosing walls, hot and cold water outlets within said casing, valves for controlling said outlets, a common discharge spout connected to said outlets and projecting through a wall of said casing, and handles for operating said valves projecting through the casing wall, said spout and handles being mounted to swing in a horizontal direction independently of one another.

8. In a plumbing fixture, a casing, a removable cover therefor, hot and cold water conduits within said casing, valves for controlling said conduits, a common discharge spout supplied by said conduits and projecting beyond the front wall of said casing, and handles for operating said valves projecting through said casing adjacent the ends thereof, said handles and spout being pivotally mounted and capable of swinging movement in the same general horizontal plane.

9. A plumbing fixture comprising a casing hav-v ing front and end walls, said front wall having a horizontal slot formed, therein, a removable cover for said casing, hot and cold water conduits located within the casing, valves for controlling said conduits, handles for actuating said valves projecting through the end walls of said casing, and a common discharge spout supplied by both of said conduits projecting through said slot and adapted to be swung in a horizontal plane.

10. In a plumbing fixture, a sheet metal casing having a front upright wall terminating in curved end walls, hot and cold water. outlets located within the casing, valves for controlling said outlets, the front wall of said casing having a longitudinal horizontal slot formed therein, said end walls having arcuate horizontal slots arranged in substantially the plane as said first named slot, valve actuating handles projecting through the arcuate slots, and a common discharge spout movably connected with said outlets and projecting through said longitudinal slot, said handles and spout being mounted to swing in a common plane within said slots.

11. A plumbing fixture comprising a casing adapted to enclose a faucet, said casing having spaced elongated horizontal'slots, a valve controlling arm projecting through one of said slots and an outlet nozzle projecting through another slot, said arm and no'zzle being mounted to swing within said slots.

12. A plumbing fixture, comprising a casing adapted to enclose a multiple faucet, said faucet having a plurality of swinging operating handles and a common outlet spout, said casing having formed in the end walls thereof a plurality of slots through which said operating handles extend and an opening in the casing front wall through which said outlet spout discharges, said slots and said opening being located in substantially the same horizontal plane.

13. A plumbing fixture comprising a casing adapted to enclose a faucet, said casing having spaced horizontal slots arranged in a common plane in the front and an end wall thereof, a valve controlling arm projecting through one of said slots and an outlet nozzle projecting through another slot, said arm and nozzle being mounted to swing within said slots, and a removable cover 5 for said casing having a depression adapted to provide a soap receptacle.

JOHN 'I'JAARDA. 

